Harris meets with Netanyahu, as the prime minister is set to meet with Trump

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(ASSOCIATED PRESS) Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday said she urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a cease-fire deal soon with Hamas so that dozens of hostages held by the militants in Gaza since Oct. 7 can return home.

Harris said she had a “frank and constructive” conversation with Netanyahu in which she affirmed Israel’s right to defend itself but also expressed deep concern about the high death toll in Gaza over nine months of war and the “dire” humanitarian situation there.

With all eyes on the likely Democratic nominee, Harris largely reiterated Biden's longstanding message that it's time find an endgame to the brutal war in Gaza, where more than 39,000 Palestinians have died. Yet she offered a more forceful tone about the urgency of the moment just one day after Netanyahu gave a fiery speech to Congress in which he defended the war, vowed “total victory” against Hamas and made relatively scant mention of cease-fire negotiations.

“There has been hopeful movement in the talks to secure an agreement on this deal,” Harris told reporters shortly after meeting with Netanyahu. “And as I just told Prime Minister Netanyahu, it is time to get this deal done.”

Netanyahu met separately earlier in the day with President Joe Biden, who has also been calling on Israel and Hamas to come to an agreement on a U.S.-backed, three-phase deal to bring home remaining hostages and establish an extended cease-fire.

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コメント (9)
  • That's illegal. Private citizens meeting with leaders of foreign counties to discuss policy.
  • Kamala careful. She's a bit of a chameleon I suspect and pretentious.
  • @Fortune332
    Harris is only 5’ 2” without heels. This guy must only be 5’ 6”
  • @annm.7176
    When was this that she met with him?
  • Harris greets Netanyahu after snubbing him the day before. Now that's statesmanship... or something.
  • @iouel
    Trump and Netanyahu should be arrested and sent to Guantanamo Bay!!